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 Il·e·us n.  Med. A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction.  It is characterized by complete constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter.  Called also ileac passion or iliac passion.
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 Il·i·ac, a.
 1. Anat. Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery. [Written also ileac.]
 2. See Ileac, 1. [R.]
 Iliac crest, the upper margin of the ilium.
 Iliac passion. See Ileus.
 Iliac region, a region of the abdomen, on either side of the hypogastric regions, and below the lumbar regions.
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